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The Battle of Sông Bé was a major action between the Viet Cong (VC) and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in May 1965. Planned as a major show of force against the ARVN forces, the VC attempted to capture the fortified capital of Phước Long Province, Sông Bé. Perhaps to their surprise, ARVN forces in the area rallied and re-took the ...
[1]: 77 The Battle of Song Be was fought around the base in May 1965. On 10 April 1966 the 173rd Airborne Brigade moved to Sông Bé for Operation Denver and remained there until the end of April. The 199th Light Infantry Brigade was based at Sông Bé from December 1966 to February 1967. [2] The 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division comprising:
"The Ballad of the Green Berets" – Sgt. Barry Sadler (the Top Song of 1966, according to Billboard) “Take A Giant Step” - The Monkees "Talk Talk" – The Music Machine "Tar and Cement" – Verdelle Smith "Taxman" – The Beatles "Tell It To The Rain" – The Four Seasons "That's Not Me" – The Beach Boys "There But For Fortune" – Phil Ochs
The Lovin' Spoonful scored a #1 hit with "Summer in the City" in 1966. The Four Tops scored a #1 hit with "Reach Out I'll Be There" in 1966. These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1966. That year, 16 acts achieved their first number one song, such as Simon & Garfunkel, Lou Christie, Nancy Sinatra, SSgt.
Chér (1966 album) Cherry (Jimmy McGriff album) Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles; Chicago/The Blues/Today! Chico Buarque de Hollanda (1966 album) Children of the Morning; Cilla Sings a Rainbow; The Classic Roy Orbison; Close Together (As You and Me) Closer (Paul Bley album) Color Me Barbra; Colors (Ken Nordine album) Come the Day; Coming On ...
"Mrs. McGrath" is an Irish song describing a young man named Ted who enters the British Army and returns seven years later having lost his legs to a cannonball while fighting against Napoleon presumably at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (fought between 3 and 5 May 1811).
The Sounds of '66 is a 1966 live album by Sammy Davis Jr., accompanied by Buddy Rich and a big band.. The album was recorded at the Sands Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in the early hours of two successive nights, 18th and 19th June 1966, after both artists had already performed shows earlier.
In the beginning stages of the band's existence, the group was influenced by R&B music, specifically the early musical styles of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. After the group won a Bay Area "Battle of the Bands" against 100 other competing bands, the Syndicate of Sound earned a recording contract with Del-Fi Records. The band released the ...